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Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Sicilienne, Op. 68 No. 11

From Album for the Young, Op. 68 (1848)

In Album for the Young

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
6/8
Length
49 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

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The opening bars of Sicilienne, Op. 68 No. 11
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written568 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand530 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots299 notes
  • Right-hand melody251 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from B3 to G5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from B2 to F4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, octaves
  • Chords: triads, inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Robert Schumann died in 1856. Credits